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Who understands does not preach;
Who preaches does not understand the new shit that will come to light.

Reserve your judgments and words;
Smooth differences and take it easy;
Keep your mind limber and simplify your purpose;
Accept the world.

Then,
League play and Vietnam,
Profit and loss,
Bagmen and Pornographers,
Will not affect you;
The world will accept you.

10. Dudeness
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 Embracing in abiding, you become embraced.
 Supple, breathing gently, you can roll a strike.
 Clearing your mustache, you become clear.
 Nurturing your beloved, you can take it easy.
 Opening your heart, you become tied together.
 Abiding with the World, you embrace the eternal dude.

 Bowling and abiding,
 Creating caucasians but not owning a rug,
 Giving without demanding ransom,
 Controlling without being a real reactionary,
 This is dudeness.

12. Beverages
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 Too much Kahlua blinds the vodka
 Too much vodka deafens the milk
 Too much milk dulls the beverage
 Too much beverage maddens the mind
 Too much coitus tears the heart.

 An oat soda provides for the belly, not for the senses;
 It helps to let go of sensation and simply abide.

11. Wealth and Worth
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 Twenty Grand, man, when the beeper beeps;
 Because there is no literal connection.
 Dirty undies, the Whites;
 Because the ringer cannot look empty.
 Just slip the rent under my door;
 Because this is a private residence, man.
 Thus it?s the foundation?s money,
 Your Father doesn?t have any.

digbys kid... I just want to say that, on a personal level, I'm a really big fan of this dudeism. Verse 11 looked difficult man

oops that was 13 didn't mean to step on any toes sorry Dirt Dude

14. The Continuity of the Dude
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 Looked at but cannot be seen - it is a worthy fucking adversary;
 Listened to but cannot be heard - it is stonewalling little brat;
 Grasped at but cannot be touched - it floats off in the distance;
 These depthless things evade proper nomenclature,
 And blend into a complicated case.

 In its rising new shit comes to light,
 In its falling darkness washes over,
 A continuous blathering beyond description,
 Drawing a line in the sand,
 It does not split hairs,
 It is a ringer for a ringer,
 Its name has no literal connection,
 Westward the wagons,
 Across the sands of time.

 Abide the past, and abide the present;
 In this way you know the continuity of the Dude,

15. The Bowling Team
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 The Bowlers had understanding
 So profound
 That you?re out of your element.

 Because you are not hip to all this new shit,
 I can only describe their appearance:
 Good men and thorough, they aren?t rolling out of here naked,
 Brilliant, like a Swiss fucking watch,
 Dark, like a steer?s tuckus on a moonless prairie night,
 Genuine, like someone who gives a shit about the rules,
 Empty, like a Folger?s Can,
 Opaque, like a White Russian.

 He who can take it easy while the pins fall,
 And abide until the mind is limber
 Does not seek fulfillment in the square community
 And makes the Finals.